Serve with a purposeTennis tournament at Knollwood Country Club raises money

September 05, 2006

Fifty women participated in Neary's Collision Fifth Annual Tennis Tournament at Knollwood Country Club last week. "It was a great event," Shelly Whitney, the tennis director at the club, said during a phone interview Friday. Some $1,500 was raised for Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses. The money was generated through the $25 registration fee plus generous donations of participants, Whitney said. In the 3.0 division, Mindy Shinnick and Lisa Hinkle, both of South Bend, took first place. Maria Strafford and Ann Witkowski, meanwhile, won the 3.5 division. Both women are from Granger. The open division, which was geared toward the most advanced players, was continuing over the weekend because of a rain delay earlier in the week. Lisa Campbell and Chris Lyon, of Granger, were vying against Mary Ann Walker, of Granger and Cheryl Peczkowski, of Mishawaka, for the title. The event is sponsored by Neary's Collision , which is on Bittersweet Road in Granger.